Lantern.



F. D. SPEAK.

LANTERN. APPLICATION FILED 11.23, 1909,.

5 Patented May 31, 1910.

INVENTOI? FURMAN D. SPEAK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ARMSPEARMANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LANTERN.

Application filed January 23, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FURMAN D. SPEAK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

My invention relates to the construction and arrangement of handlanterns, especially those in common use by railroads, and generallyknown as railroad hand lanterns, and has for its object the provision ofa simple outside wick regulating device and at the same time maintainingthe common and long established means for detachably connecting the oilfont to the body of the lantern, and for locating the burner in the mosteffective position with relation to the oil font and globe, andproviding protection for the exterior part of the device.

To attain the desired end,- my invention consists essentially in alantern provided with a burner the regulating shaft whereof projectsoutside the body of the lantern, and having a horizontal fiat ringconnected to upright guards, in combination with an oil font providedwith a hoop, the upper edge whereof approximately abuts against theunder side of the horizontal ring, and means for detachably securing theoil font in place; and my invention also involves certain other noveland useful combinations or arrangements of parts, and peculiarities ofconstruction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fullydescribed, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the lower portion of alantern embodying my invention. Fig. 2 a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the oil font and attached hoop removed from the lantern.Fig. 41. is a horizontal. sectional view of a fragment of the hoops 4Land 1% illustrating the connection of the two at lines (t -(Z of Fig. 1.

Similar. numerals of reference, wherever they occur, indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

1 are the upright guards of a lantern secured to a flat, horizontal ringguard 2, wherein are slots 13.

3 is a horizontal ring guard at the bottom of the uprights 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Serial No. 473,821.

4 is a body hoop secured to the ring 2, and extending downward asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawing, said hoop being cutaway at each side as indi cated at 5.

6 is a pin projecting from the hoop 4 and arranged to engage the oilfont hoop 14, being detachably held in place by a spring catch 7 securedto the oil font hoop 1st.

he oil font 8 has secured thereto a hoop 1 1-. The upper edge of thehoop 14 approximately abuts against the under side of a iorizontal ring2.

9 is the burner having a wick tube 10, ratchet shaft 11, andmanipulating button 12.

Heretofore in lanterns of the class to which my invention relateswherein an elongated burner shaft projecting outside the lamp body wasemployed, it has been necessary to remove the globe and pass the oil potdown into its seat and then replace the globe thereover, an inconvenientand awkward operation. By my construction, this is avoided, While at thesame time the well known method of securing the oil font in place isretained, and the relative positions of the burner and globe requisiteto the proper combustion of signal oil is secured.

1V hen constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoingdescription my improved lantern while extremely simple and compact willbe found very effective in operation.

In seating the oil font in place, the hoop 141 is passed up beneath thehorizontal ring 2, the ratchet shaft entering the opening 5 in the bodyhoop, and by a slight turn the catch mechanism is caused to operate andlock the oil font in place. The manipulating button 12 is locatedoutside the lantern body and enters the slot 13 in the ring 2, and whilethe button free for turning at will by hand, it is protected againstbeing accidentally struck. If found desirable, the regulating button 12may be carried outside the ring guard, and the slots 13 dispensed with.By locating the oil font in the position obtained by my construction,the oil has to be drawn upward in burning but a short distance, and atthe same time the flame is well elevated Within the globe.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters latent, is:

In a lantern provided with a burner, the I means for detachably securingthe oil. font I0 regulating shaft whereof projects outside l in place.the body of the lantern, the combination In testimony whereof I heretoaflix my with a horizontal ring guard connected to signature in presenceof two witnesses.

upright uards and to a body hoop of an oil font provided with a hoop,the upper FURMAN SPEAK edge whereof approximately abuts againstW'itnesses: the under side of the horizontal ring guard F RANGIS H.DERREY,

and on the exterior of the body hoop, and CASPER K. FREEMAN.

